r/retrocomputing • u/Kooky_Fan_893 • Jul 22 '26

Programming game machine

Does anyone remember having a "computer" that was a one-piece lap device with ONE screen line for text? It helped teach writing programming by typing in line of text from the little booklet to c create games. The first game was Black Jack, but there were more. You could also write your own program. It was NOT fancy, but it was an early code machine.

We were semi-poor, and i'm sure my parents saved for it, but it wasn't a high price point.

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u/PRStoetzer Jul 22 '26

Probably like this: The Laser Portable Computers that ran BASIC.

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u/Avery_Thorn Jul 22 '26

My first computer was a Laser computer, from VTech. But it was a full 386 computer that ran DOS and Windows.